Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick

45°04′23″N 66°44′34″W / 45.07306°N 66.74278°W / 45.07306; -66.74278Country CanadaProvince New BrunswickCountyCharlotteElectoral Districts
Federal
New Brunswick SouthwestProvincialCharlotte-The IslesArea • Total2.25 km² (0.87 sq mi)Population • Total291 • Density129.3/km² (335/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021 5.1% • Dwellings142Time zoneUTC-4 (AST) • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)Postal code(s)Area code506Highways Route 778

Beaver Harbour is a community on the Fundy shore of New Brunswick, Canada.

Most of the community forms the Local service district of Beaver Harbour, which was established in 1971.^[2] It is also a census subdivision of Census Canada. Since the formation of the LSD, the community has expanded past the original boundaries into the LSD of the parish of Pennfield.^{[citation needed]}

In 1866 it had about 30 resident families, and grew to a population of 150 by 1871, the 500 in 1898.^[3] As of 2021, the population was 291.^[1]

It is the site of the Lighthouse Point Light, originally built in 1875 and subsequently rebuilt. It is a fiberglass tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern.^[4]

History

Beaver Harbour was first settled in 1783 by Quaker loyalists who had fled Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution. It became the first settlement in British North America to forbid slavery, with 49 names of families being attached to a founding constitution which barred slave owners from living there.^[5][6]

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